This is a beta Demo of TekWar the Game. As with any beta, there are
bound to be a few problems as the game is still not finished. Before you
get started there are a few things you need to know. Although the
graphics in TEKWAR are stunning, unless you have a high end machine,
we recommend playing in 320 x 200 mode.

In addition to just being an early build of the game, there are several Smacker videos not found in the regular demo version.

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There was a special demo version of Dark Colony, with a unique mission apparently made specially for the PC Format magazine. The demo has apparently also contained a unique modification of one of the existing tilesets, altough that is conjecture on my part.

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There was a special demo version of Dark Colony, with a unique mission apparently made specially for the PC Format magazine. The demo has apparently also contained a unique modification of one of the existing tilesets, altough that is conjecture on my part.

Recently I've stumbled upon a pre-release demo version of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. The date stamp on the installation files (October 4th, 1994) places it about a month before the game's final release. WHile the levels are largely the same, the demo has a few notable differences, including different speech clips for Human units, a static image of the map in the briefing, and different graphics for the Human Barracks:

It appears to be an enhanced version of the Warcraft II shareware (most probably distributed on a CD) with mission briefing voice-overs, fully animated intro sequence and CD audio music. The main menu screen (visible at 02:07) identifies this version as WARCRAFT 2 SHAREWARE v1.08sh.

Two other versions of the Warcraft II shareware - WARCRAFT 2 DEMO BETA v1.02elc and WARCRAFT 2 DEMO v1.20elc (both can be found here) - only have MIDI music, a static slideshow version of the intro, and no briefing voice-overs.